Closure for collapsible tubes, bottles, &amp;c.



45K/@1 Qm 'E. B. PIKE @L L. HAYNE.

GLOSURE FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES, BOTTLES, 6m. APPLIOATION FILED una?, 1909.

928,692, Patented July 2o, 1909.

WIT/VES EDWIN BERTRAM PIKE, OFPIKE, NEW HAMPSHIRE,

JERSEY.

ICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Application led anuary 27, 1909. Serial No. 4%.,472.

To all 'whom t may concemi,

Be it known that we, EDWIN BERTRAM li KE and LnvIHAYNn, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively,\at Pike, in the county of'Grafton, State of New Hampshire, and Newark, in the county of Essex, :State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Collapsible Tubes, Bottles, Sac., ef which the following is a description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to a new and im proved closure for use with receptacles such as collapsible tubes, bottles, cans, etc., and, while designed with especial reference to use with receptacles containing liquid, semi-liquid' or plastic substances such as toilet preparations, tooth paste, etc., it is also applicable to receptacles containing dry or powdered substances.

rlhe objects of our invention are to pro vide a closure for the purposes above enumerated which will be tight when closed but which at the same time may be readily and easily opened, which may be readily and cheaply manufactured, which will be compact, and effective for the purposes stated.

With the above mentioned objects in view, our invention' consists in the improved closure illustrated in the accompanying drawing, described in the following specification, and particularly claimed in the 'clauses of the concluding claim.

In the drawing: Figure l is a view show-y ing our device in elevation as applied to a collapsible tube; F ig. 2 is a view showing a section taken upon a vertical plane passing through the discharge orifice of the receptacle; Fig. 3 is.a view showing a section upon a plane indicated by the line 3 g5, Fig. 2, the discharge orifice being open; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the position assumed by the'parts when the discharge orifice is y closed; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing our device asapplied to a stopper for a bottle; and F 1g. 6 1s a view showl. ing a slightly modified form of certain feat tures of our device. l Vleferring'to the drawing, 1 is the body portion ofa collapsible metallic tube designed to contain a semi-liquid or plastic substance. and 2 is a neck at the upper end thereof and preferably formed continuously with the body portion 1. rl`he neck 2 is provided with adischarge orifice 3 in the side wall thereof. and with a passage l leading from the orifice -to the interior of the tube, the outer end of which passage is prolonged and extends through the end.wall of the neck 2 and is threaded at'its outer end to receive the 'threaded-projection of a cap 6, and Sis a packing interposed between the cap 6 and the outer end of the neck 2 in order to insure a tight joint between the parts.

i 9 is a rotary closing membershownas in the form of :i metallic band surrounding the neck 2 and provided with an opening 10 adapted to register with the discharge ori tice 3 "of thene'ck 2, and vrotatable upon the neck 2 to bring the orifice 10 into and out of alinement with the orifice 3. This closure is provided with a recess at 11 extending throughout its length and adapted to receive a packing member 12 of rubber, cork, or analogous material, which packing member -may bc brought into a position over the diS- chargc orificeB by rotating the closing member 9 fo thereby close said passage. The walls of the recess l1 form a convenient projection to keep the fingers from slipping in rotating the closing member 9, and 13 are two stops' for limiting the extent of rotary movement of the closing member 9 as will be understood. The periphery of the side wall of thc neck 2 is recessed or cut away throu hout its length from a point adjacent the ischarge orifice 3 to a point beyond the position occupied by the packing member 12 when the discharge orifice 3 is open, as Shown at 14 in Figs. 3 and 4r. from which it will be seen that in rotating the closing member S) from the position shown in Fig. l to open the discharge orifice the packing member 12,

AND LEVI HAYNE, OFv NEWARK, NEW

as soon as it is moved from over the orifice 3, will pass over the recessed portion 14 of the neck and, as it' therefore doesnot engage and move in contact with the neck during the rest of its opening movement, friction between the parts is thus avoided. The closing member 9 therefore moves more easily in opening and closing than is the case in similar devices not provided with a recess, and in which the packing engages the surface vof the neck throughout the whole of its opening and closing movements.

In the form of our device shown in Fig. 5 adapted for use with lass bottles, the neck l2 -is formed with a epending portion l5 about which a cork or other yieldable` packing 16 is placed and which depending portion and ackingare adapted to enter the neck of a ottle 17 as shown. 18 is a collar against which the upper end of the packing 1G rests, and4 which serves as a support for the stops 13 and as an abutment for the lower end of the rotary closing member 9.

In Fig.- 6 a slightly modified form of our device is shown wherein' locking means are provided for securing the rotary closing member in its closed position. This is 'accomplished by providing an arm 19, which may be conveniently formed inte rally with the walls of the recess 1l, and a ug or projection 20 secured to the top of the receptacle with which the closure is used.' The lower face of the arm 19 is in a plane such that it rides tightly over the lug 20 and then relieves sllghtly as the closing member 9 moves into position to close the orifice 3, which lug prevents the return of the arm until sufficient force is applied to it, as when the orificel 3 is to be opened, to force the arm back and cause it to rise slightly and pass over [the lug 20.

Havin thus described our invention and explained the operation thereof, We claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a closure for receptacles, a'neck provided with a discharge orifice and With a passage leading from said orifice to the interiorof the receptacle; a rotatable closing member supported by said neck and provided With an opening'adapted to register with said discharge orifice; and a packin member carried by said closing member an adapted to move into a position to close said discharge orifice, said neck being provided `with a recess terminating adjacent said discharge orifice and over which said packing mem er moves as said closing member is rotated.

2. In a closure for receptacles, a neck provided With a discharge orifice in its side Wall and with a passage leading from said orifice to the interior of the receptacle; a rotatable closinV member surrounding said neck and p roviged with an opening adapted to register Withsaid discharge orifice; and a packing member carried and adapted to move intoa position toclose said discharge orice, the side Wall of said neck being provided with a recess terminating ad]acent said discharge orifice and over which said packing member moves as said closing member is rotated.

3. In a closure for receptacles, a neckprovided With a discharge orifice in its side Wall and with a 'passage leading from said orifice to the interior of the receptacle; a rotatable closing member surroundlng said neck-and provided vWith an opening adapted to register with said discharge orifice, and provided also With a recess; and a packing member located within said recess and adapted to move into a position to close said discharge orifice, the sidewall of said neck being provided With a recess terminating adjacent said discharge orifice and over which said packing member lmoves as said closing member is rotated.

4. In a closure for receptacles, a neckvprovided with a discharge orifice in its side Wall and with a passage leading from said orifice to the interior of the receptacle; a rotatable closing member surrounding said neck and provided with an opening adapted to register With said discharge orifice, and

-provided also With a recess; and a packing member located Within said recess and adapted to move into a position to close said discharge orifice, the side Wall of said neck being provided with a recess terminating adjacent said dischar e orifice and over which said packing mem er moves as said closing member is rotated, said neck being prolonged whereby the closure may be inserted 1n the neck of the bottle.

5. In a closure for receptacles, a neck provided With a discharge orifice in its side Wall and With a longitudinally extending' passage leading from the interior of the receptacle and threaded at its outer end and with which passage said discharge orifice communicates; a cap at the extremity of said neck and provided with a threaded projection in engagement with the threaded outer end of said passage; a rotatable closing member surrounding-said neck and retained thereupon by said cap, and providedv with an opening adapted to register with said dischar e orifice; and a packing member carried y said closing member and adapted to move into a position to close said discharge orifice, the side wall of said neck being providedwith a recess terminating adjacent said discharge orifice and over which said packing meniber moves as said vclosing member is rotated.

6. In a closure for receptacles, al neck pro- `vided with a discharge orifice and with a by said closing member passage leading from said `orifice to theinneck being provided with a recess terminatterior of the receptacle; a rotatable closing in adjacent said discharge orifice and over member supported by said neck and prowhich said acking mem er -moves as said vided with an opening adapted to reglster closing mem r is rotated. 15 with said discharge orifice; a packing mem- This specification signed and witnessed ber carried by said closing member andv this 26th day of January A. D. 1909.

adapted to. move into a position to close EDWIN BERTRAM PIKE.

said discharge orifice ;an arm carried by said LEVI HAYNE.

closing member; and a lug ,overwhich said Witnesses:

arm rides as said closing member moves into HANY B. RAFFEL,

a position to close the discharge orifice, said lHENRY M. POWELL. 

